Objectives and Applications
The TROPICS Pathfinder CubeSat (the qualification unit converted to a flight unit) is a risk reduction mission to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) to test the system from end-to-end prior to the launch of the constellation.
Full Name
Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Pathfinder
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
30 Jun 2021
Mission Links
EOL Date
17 Dec 2023
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
95 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
535 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
02:00:00
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
TROPICS - Microwave Spectrometer (TROPICS) |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | TROPICS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | TROPICS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | TROPICS |
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